ACL 2020 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year

The year was so rough that we feared there would be no happy music.  Thankfully, we found that we had reviewed plenty in every genre!  The very concept of happiness is difficult to define, and a wide definition includes inner

Simon Kirby, Tommy Perman and Rob St. John ~ Sing the Gloaming

A wealth of material arrives with Sing the Gloaming, enough to power a dissertation.  And yet, the release itself is pure and simple: an exploration of words that start with the letters gl.  The project is reminiscent of the classic children’s program The

ACL 2015: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

This year’s top field recording and soundscape albums travel to global extremes, from the frozen Arctic to the heart of the jungle.  They commute to congested cities and retreat to quiet streams.  They fall in love with frogs and olives.

Tommy Perman, Simon Kirby and Rob St. John ~ Concrete Antenna

Once again, Tommy Perman and Rob St. John are involved in a sensational multi-formatted limited edition release, joined here by Simon Kirby, who has perhaps the best comic book name ever. Concrete Antenna began as a piece commissioned by the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop for